State Senator Beth Bye

SHANA SURECK / Hartford Courant

State Rep. Beth Bye cries at the Judiciary Committee vote on a gay marriage bill as she talks about her father, who is a devout Catholic and a Catholic School teacher coming to accept and celebrate her partnership and wedding to a woman.

State Rep. Beth Bye cries at the Judiciary Committee vote on a gay marriage bill as she talks about her father, who is a devout Catholic and a Catholic School teacher coming to accept and celebrate her partnership and wedding to a woman.